GENDA Sosuke

Baseball/Softball

Date of Birth: 16 Feb 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.79/5'10''

Place of birth: OITA

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Baseball/Softball	Baseball JPN Japan	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium	Baseball Opening Round Group A #1 DOM Dominican Rep. 3 JPN Japan 4	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Opening Round Group A #5 JPN Japan 7 MEX Mexico 4	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Round 2 #10 USA United States 6 JPN Japan 7	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Semifinal #13 KOR Republic of Korea 2 JPN Japan 5	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Gold Medal Game #16 USA United States 0 JPN Japan 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Baseball	2019

Occupation:

Policy Studies - Aichi Gakuin University, Nisshin, JPN

Languages spoken:

Saitama Seibu Lions [Japan] since 2017

Hatsuhiko Tsuji [club], JPN; Atsunori Inaba [national], JPN

Position style:

Infield (premier12.wbsc.org, 17 Nov 2019)

Bats left, throws right (premier12.wbsc.org, 17 Nov 2019)

Sporting relatives:

His wife Eto Misa was a member of the female pop music group Nogizaka46 in Japan. His brother-in-law Rin Kitsuki has competed in marathon at national level in Japan. (oricon.co.jp, 20 Mar 2019; Eto Misa Instagram profile, 14 Jan 2020; tokyohive.com, 25 Oct 2019)

2017 for Japan Against Republic of Korea, Asian Championships in Tokyo, Japan (npb.jp, 16 Nov 2017)

National league:

NPB [JPN] (npb.jp, 25 May 2021)

He initially began softball in primary school after encouragement by his father, and joined the baseball team after entering middle school. (4years.asahi.com, 17 Oct 2019)

At first he was not given opportunities to play regularly due to his shorter height, until the end of high school when he had a growth spurt. "I was very small at school. That's why I tried bunting and did my best for defence. I was even thinking about quitting baseball while in high school. When I was considering what to do after high school, I began growing taller. Therefore I changed my mind. I wanted to continue my sporting career if it were possible." (4years.asahi.com, 17 Oct 2019; nikkansports.com, 20 Dec 2020)

His parents. (nikkansports.com, 20 Dec 2020)

He received a Best Nine Award for the 2018, 2019 and 2020 Nippon Professional Baseball [NPB] seasons in Japan. (nikkansports.com, 16 Dec 2020; swans.co.jp, 02 Mar 2020)

He received a Golden Glove Award in 2018, 2018 and 2020 from NPB in Japan. (seibulions.jp, 23 Jan 2020; nikkansports.com, 28 Nov 2019; npb.jp, 2019; Instagram profile, 18 Dec 2020)

He was named Best Player at the 2018 All Star Game Round 2 in Japan. (npb.jp, 14 Jul 2018; seibulions.jp, 23 Jan 2020).

He was named the Pacific League Rookie of the Year for the 2017 season in Japan. (WBSC Twitter profile, 21 Nov 2017; seibulions.jp, 23 Jan 2020)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/gendagenda6

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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